Mapping/Ablation

Cover Story

New Initiatives and Research in Atrial Fibrillation Care

02/02/2020

EPLD speaks with Dr. David McManus, Director of the Anticoagulation Service and Co-director of the Atrial Fibrillation (AF or AFib) Program about upcoming and ongoing initiatives in care at UMass Memorial Health Care.

EPLD speaks with Dr. David...

02/02/2020

EP Lab Digest

Cover Story

Intraoperative Epicardial Voltage Mapping to Guide Hybrid Convergent Ablation of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

02/02/2020

Kun Xiang , MD, PhD;

Joshua Levine , MD;

Samy Claude Elayi , MD;

John Pirris , MD;

John N. Catanzaro , MD;

We report a case of convergent surgical ablation during which we performed epicardial electroanatomical mapping before and after ablation to guide the surgeon, and to demonstrate the effectiveness of the procedure with minimal additional...

We report a case of convergent...

02/02/2020

EP Lab Digest

Letter from the Editor

Use of Electrocardiography to Detect AF: Hard to Beat

01/02/2020

Bradley P. Knight , MD, FACC, FHRS;

This weekend, a colleague sent an email related to a mutual patient who has a history of atrial fibrillation (AF). Attached to the email was a patient-acquired rhythm strip in the form of a PDF clearly showing AF (Figure 1). The rhythm strip...

This weekend, a colleague sent...

01/02/2020

EP Lab Digest

Cover Story

Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Without X-Rays: The Zero Fluoro Technique

01/02/2020

Eduardo B. Saad , MD, PhD, FHRS, FESC;

The case presented here shows how multiple targets in both atria can be precisely reached and successfully ablated, even in the presence of previously implanted pacemaker leads.

The case presented here shows...

01/02/2020

EP Lab Digest

Cover Story

Cognitive Decline and Dementia in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Update on the CAF and PLUG Dementia Trials

01/02/2020

T. Jared Bunch , MD;

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia, and it is increasing worldwide due to augmented longevity, higher incidences of AF-related risk factors, societal shifts that decrease activity and increase obesity, and...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the...

01/02/2020

EP Lab Digest

Letter from the Editor

Delay in Insurance Preauthorization for a Defibrillator Nearly Costs Patient with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Her Life

12/02/2019

Bradley P. Knight , MD, FACC, FHRS;

A 47-year-old woman, mother of two, was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) during family screening after her sister and brother were found to have HCM. She had no symptoms other than mild palpitations. She had no syncope and no...

A 47-year-old woman, mother of...

12/02/2019

EP Lab Digest

Cover Story

Stereotactic Radioablation for the Non-Invasive Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias: From the Perspective of the Cardiac SBRT Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

12/02/2019

Pierre C. Qian , BSc(Hons), MBBS;

William H. Sauer , MD, PhD;

The birth of cardiac catheter ablation in the late 1970s was an inflection point in the world of cardiac electrophysiology. No longer did simple arrhythmias treatable by focal ablation require open surgery. With the advent of radiofrequency...

The birth of cardiac catheter...

12/02/2019

EP Lab Digest

Cover Story

The Promise of Pulsed Field Ablation

12/02/2019

David E. Haines , MD, FHRS, FACC;

Christopher J. Bradley , DO;

Pulsed field ablation (PFA) employs trains of high voltage in very short duration electrical pulses to injure tissue by the mechanism of irreversible electroporation.

Pulsed field ablation (PFA)...

12/02/2019

EP Lab Digest

Letter from the Editor

Differences in Perceptions and Cultures Between Doctors and Hospital Administrators Undermine Physician Engagement

11/02/2019

Bradley P. Knight , MD, FACC, FHRS;

There has been tension between physicians and hospital administrators for years. This tension has been mostly related to limited resources and nonaligned goals. This problem is well documented in hospital surveys of physicians, and seems to...

There has been tension between...

11/02/2019

EP Lab Digest

Feature Interview

Integrated Care of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Building an AFib Clinic Model

11/02/2019

Jodie Elrod ;

In this interview, we speak with Tara U. Mudd, MSN, APRN, NP-C, EP Nurse Practitioner, about the new Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) Clinic at Norton Heart & Vascular Institute’s Heart Rhythm Center.

In this interview, we speak with...

11/02/2019

EP Lab Digest

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